Parkas: a gift from the North
What is a ‘parka’? The word ‘parka’ – describing a kind of warm winter coat with a hood – derives from the Nenets language (the Indigenous Peoples of Northwest Siberia).…
Inside ‘The Dig’: how the star-studded film squares with reality of Sutton Hoo
This month sees the release of The Dig, a star-studded Netflix film about the discovery of the Sutton Hoo ship burial in 1939. The grave, made in Suffolk in the…
How to write cuneiform
Originating in what is now Iraq before 3,200 BC, cuneiform script is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the world. First developed by scribes as…
Object in Focus: Arctic amautis (mothers’ parkas)
A very special kind of parka is made and worn by Inuit mothers. Amautis are parkas that can carry babies and keep them warm, while freeing up a mother’s hands.…
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